correct me if i'm wrong, but I thought noone can write to a file on the root of the C drive unless they are running elevated, admin priviledges:
so C:\CambridgePubs.xlsx would fail, but
C:\Data\CambridgePubs.xlsx would probably be ok, assuming path/file exists and all that stuff.
Lowell
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